Jennifer H. Yang, M.D.

Clinical/Research Interests

Dr. Yang specializes in providing urologic care for infants and children. Her practice involves the diagnosis and treatment of prenatal and congenital hydronephrosis, undescended testicles, hydroceles, hernias, neurogenic bladder, urinary infections and vesico-ureteral reflux. Dr. Yang's expertise also includes complex genitourinary reconstructions including hypospadias repair and management of disorders of sex development.

Title:

Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology

Specialty:

Pediatric Urology

Center/Program Affiliation:

UC Davis Children's Hospital

Address:

Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center
4860 Y St., Suite 2200
Sacramento, CA 95817

Phone:

916-734-2222

Other Languages:

Mandarin, Spanish

Education:

University of Texas Medical School at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas
M.D. 2002

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.S. 1998

University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
B.A. 1998

Internships:

The New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell
New York, New York
2004

Residency:

The New York Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Medical College of Cornell
New York, New York
2008
Urology

Fellowships:

UC San Francisco
San Francisco, California
2010
Pediatric Urology

Board Certifications:

American Board of Urology - board eligible, 2012

Professional Memberships:

American Academy of Pediatrics Section on Urology
American Urological Association
Society of Women in Urology

Honors and Awards:

John Coleman Resident Teaching Award, 2007
Clinical Research Prize Finalist, American Academy of Pediatrics – Society of Pediatric Urology, 2006
Alpha Omega Alpha, Member, 2001
San Antonio Urologic Society – UTHSCSA Outstanding Medical Student Award, 2000-2001

Select Recent Publications:

Blaschko SD, Yang JH, Baskin LS, Deng DY. Combined method of bladder neck closure and concomitant augmentation cystoplasty in the setting of refractory urinary incontinence. Urology. 2012 Apr;79(4):955-7. Epub 2012 Feb 18.

Rodriguez E Jr, Weiss DA, Yang JH, Menshenina J, Ferretti M, Cunha TJ, Barcellos D, Chan LY, Risbridger G, Cunha GR, Baskin LS. New insights on the morphology of adult mouse penis. Biol Reprod. 2011 Dec;85(6):1216-21. Epub 2011 Sep 14.

Yang JH, Menshenina J, Cunha GR, Place N, Baskin LS. Morphology of mouse external genitalia: implications for a role of estrogen in sexual dimorphism of the mouse genital tubercle. J Urol. 2010 Oct;184(4 Suppl):1604-9. Epub 2010 Aug 21.

Yang JH, Baskin LS, DiSandro M. Gender identity in disorders of sex development: review article. Urology 75(1): 153-9,2010.

Yang JH, Mitchell K, Poppas DP. Case report of granular cell tumor of the glans penis in a 9 year old male. Urology 71(3):546e1-2, 2008.

Yang JH, Donat SM. Elisabeth Pauline Pickett (1918-): Opening the door for women in urological oncology. Journal of Urology. 178(5):1875-7, 2007.

Yang JH, Poppas DP. Nerve sparing reduction clitoroplasty: analysis of clitoral sensitivity and viability. Journal of Urology. 178(4 Pt 2):1598-601, 2007.

Yang JH and Te AE. Saw palmetto and finasteride in the treatment of category-III prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome. Current Urology Reports, 6(4):290-5, 2005.

McGowan JC, Yang JH, Plotkin RC, Grossman RI, Umile EM, Cecil KM, Bagley LJ. Magnetization transfer imaging in the detection of injury associated with mild head trauma. American Journal of Neuroradiology, 21(5): 875-80, 2000.

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